Attachment F NAHB RESOLUTION May 24, 1971 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BUILDING SCIENCES WHEREAS, the National Association of Home Builders has long supported uniformity through national standardization as evidenced by such standards as the National Electrical Code, the 1 & 2 Family Dwelling Code and the various standardization programs of organizations such as American National Standards Institute, and WHEREAS, the lack of uniformity continues to plague the building industry with needless costs due to difficulty in acceptance of new technology, and WHEREAS, there is a need for centralization of: Development, promulgation, and maintenance of nationally recognized performance criteria, standards and other technical provisions for maintenance of life, safety, health, and public welfare suitable for adoption by building regulating jurisdictions and agencies, including test methods and other evaluative techniques relating to building systems, subsystems, components, products, and materials evaluation and prequalification of existing and new building technology, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that NAHB supports the principle of the establishment of a non-profit, non-governmental organization directed and operated by persons representative of all appropriate private, trade, professional and labor organizations including adequate representation of the residential building industry, private and public standards, codes and testing bodies, public regulatory agencies and consumer groups, and that our support of such an organization be conditioned on the mandatory use of existing research, technology development, testing and evaluation, laboratories and organizations, and other building code and standards agencies with recognized competence in the field of residential building, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NAHB support the encouragement of the acceptance and use of nationally recognized performance criteria, standards and other technical provisions developed for use in state and local building codes and other regulations which result from the program of the organization. MOBILE HOME PARKS COMMITTEE NAHB RESOLUTION Attachment G January 18, 1971 NAHB SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED FINANCING WHEREAS, the housing industry should encourage production of functional housing at a cost commensurate with the purchasing ability of families of all income levels, especially those with low and moderate incomes, and not excluding those who choose housing methods which best serve their purposes and, where possible, without direct Government subsidy, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Association of Home Builders seek the enactment of legislation and regulations which make available Government guaranteed financing at reasonable rates and terms, purchasable by FNMA, for the financing of all types of functional housing built to the ANSI Standard or an equivalent thereto where such guarantee is within the scope of reasonable prudence, and that these programs be available for the purchase of a home and a site as well as the purchase of a home on a leased site. HOUSING STARTS AGAIN OVER 2 MILLION MARK Actual starts for August increased to ACTUAL STARTS UP 4% FROM JULY On BUILDING PERMITS STILL HIGH . . . The seasonally adjusted annual rate of build- IN SUMMARY Source: * Farmers Home Administration starts have been reduced by 20% to adjust for rehabilitated units which are included in the total. Bureau of the Census, Federal Housing Administration, Farmers Home Administration, Veterans Administration. FHA Home Starts include rehabilitated units. Public Housing is as defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and includes e: Bureau of the Census, Federal Housing Administration, Farmers Home Administration, Veterans |